Property and Evidence Technician

this recruitment will be used to fill one part-time/temporary-hourly, non-benefited vacancy and establish an eligibility list for future full-time vacancies.

under general supervision, operates in the police department's property and evidence bureau to receive, record, store, safeguard, load, transport, verify, release and disburse evidence and found or abandoned property; maintain separate property areas; and perform work as required.

this is a non-peace officer class with responsibility for evidence and property stored in the police department as well as in off-site locations. Property and evidence technician i, ii and iii handle a broad range of confidential and sensitive records, maintains the integrity and security of criminal evidence, including the handling of hazardous and bio-hazardous substances in a variety of containers and packaging, including but not limited to, contaminated blood, urine, saliva, and semen, as well as a broad range of narcotics, firearms, and other weapons.

the property and evidence technician ii is distinguished from the property and evidence technician i class by the responsibility and performance of more complex and difficult assignments.

the property and evidence technician iii is distinguished from the property and evidence technician ii class because it acts in a supervisory role in the absence of the property and evidence supervisor.

• receives supervision from the property and evidence supervisor. The property and evidence technician ii may provide training to staff assigned to work in the property and evidence room. In addition to the above, a property and evidence technician iii will act as the lead in the absence of the property and evidence supervisor.

• receive, load, transport, verify, code, store, and safeguard various items of evidence and property
• keep accurate records of stored property and evidence to assure security and retrieval capability for court and audit purposes
• maintain confidential files and records regarding property in custody and its disposition
• release property to be used as evidence in court or returned to owners
• forward and hand deliver evidence to various laboratories or experts for appropriate analysis
• maintain chain of custody records and testify in court if necessary
• coordinate and prepare usable unclaimed property for auction as pursuant to state penal code provisions
• purge property pursuant to prescribed methods on a regular basis
• keep records current on the location and movement of property within the department, in court, or to other locations as necessary
• confer with sworn personnel, city attorney’s office, investigators, district attorney’s office, court and other law enforcement agencies on matters concerning property
• store, package, catalog, and destroy narcotics pursuant to prescribed methods
• destroy illegal and nuisance weapons
• transport evidence for disposal or destruction
• work at a computer for extended periods of time to input and access data
• operate standard office equipment
• establish and maintain a cooperative working relationship with fellow employees, sworn personnel, representatives from other law enforcement agencies, and the general public
• other related duties as assigned

• federal and state laws and court decisions pertaining to the recovery of property and evidence and preservation of the evidence chain
• techniques, practices and procedures of receiving, inventorying, safeguarding, storing, and handling of property
• principles and practices of basic record keeping and filing systems
• basic knowledge of the rules of evidence and laws pertaining to the maintenance, release and destruction…